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What a 78 Year Old Uber Driver Taught Me [George]: What makes you happy? In life?[John]: When I have all my necessities, and not having overly high expectations - to the point where you make life more difficult than it should be. For example, people feeling like they have to borrow money to impress others, …
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What I learned from Co-Founding My First Startup I was on a plane heading to Vancouver for work with no entertainment i.e. no book, no working movie screen...nothing to occupy my distracted mind. I asked for a coffee and began jotting down ideas on the napkin it came with. "An app that has something to …
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22 Lessons From 22 Coffees I started my podcast Let’s Grab Coffee a little less than a year ago now with the goal to interview successful people in different industries. I essentially wanted to share my network of awesome people to the community and build a platform that showcases stories of success, failures, lessons, and …
Working Our the Storytelling Muscle I was sitting at the kitchen table having a cup of coffee with my mom on Sunday morning when she suddenly asked me “can you explain to me what a stock exchange actually is/does?”.I could have easily gave the formal, templated response of “an exchange is where stock brokers and traders can buy and …
2 Misconceptions of Entrepreneurship (Cont'd) Hide Panel Menu Edit Text Editor Widgets Panel Content Style Advanced Text Editor Dynamic Add MediaVisualText In my last article, I highlighted the first misconception I believe exists around entrepreneurship - age. Misconception #2: LOCATION The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting - Walt Disney "I …
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2 Misconceptions of Entrepreneurship "I don't give a sh*t if you're 19 or 91 - if you can deliver the results I'm looking for, we're good." - Angel Investor Misconception #1: AGE It's either you're too young, or you're too old. Some people feel like they're not old enough (or experienced) to start something and …
Morning Reflections #1 I woke up around 5:30 am to do morning cardio.I made a decision to get back on the grind - because I've been slacking off.My workout was 20 min of treadmill (speed 5), 20 min of elliptical, and 5 min of rowing, followed by stretching to end it off. I'll hit weights …
What I Learned at TEDxToronto See that cover photo above? I literally had the same expression when I woke up on Friday morning knowing that I'll be attending my first-ever TEDx event. I was way too excited. But take a closer look. Who do you see? In between Jamie Clarke and Catherine Reitman. You guessed …
Notes From the AI Toronto Conference This week, I had the privilege to attend Canada's national AI conference run by the Digital Finance Institute. The conference uncovers topics like Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Machine Learning, Self-Driving Cars, Innovation, Financial Intelligence, AI Law, Chatbots, the Future of Banking with AI, etc. Here are my 'polished' notes …
